Monthly Archives: <span>June 2021</span>

Jury Finds Wisconsin Auto Parts Seller Guilty of Age Discrimination

An internet-based auto parts seller in Madison, Wisconsin, violated federal law when it failed to hire a qualified job applicant because of his age, a jury has found. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) said the jury found RockAuto …

Increase in Homeowners Claims Spurs Higher Insurance Prices in Missouri

Severe weather trends and an increase in claims are impacting the price of homeowners insurance in Missouri, regulators say. A recent report issued by the Missouri Department of Commerce and Insurance shows that homeowners insurance claims have increased at a …

Vehicle Crashes into Guard Rail at Texas Racetrack, Injuring 8

Eight people were injured when a vehicle crashed through a guardrail and plowed into a crowd at a mud racing event in Texas. The crash happened at about 6:30 p.m. on June 13 at a racetrack in Fabens, Texas, about …

Insurors Indemnity to Buy Colonial Lloyds, Expanding Residential Coverage

Waco, Texas-based Insurors Indemnity has signed a definitive agreement to purchase insurance carrier Colonial Lloyds, headquartered in Fort Worth, pending regulatory approval. Colonial Lloyds has been serving the Texas homeowners insurance market since 1981. Insurors Indemnity said it is positioned …

New York City’s 1,000-Lawyer Law Department Targeted by Cyber Attack

New York City’s law department was been hit with a cyber attack that forced officials to take the 1,000-lawyer agency offline, but Mayor Bill de Blasio said he believes no data was compromised in the hack. “To this hour we …

Washington City Paying $333K to Family of Man Shot in 2016

The City of Forks has paid $333,000 to settle a civil-rights lawsuit filed by relatives of a man who was shot and killed by police in 2016 after an officer allegedly escalated a welfare check into a deadly confrontation. The …

Widow of New Mexico Police Officer Files Wrongful Death Suit

The widow of a New Mexico State Police officer fatally shot in the line of duty in February has filed a wrongful death lawsuit, asserting the agency failed to equip her husband. The Albuquerque Journal reported that Gabriella Jarrott filed …

$15M Award for Embryos Ruined at California Fertility Clinic

A jury has awarded nearly $15 million to five people who lost eggs or embryos when a cryogenic storage tank failed at a fertility clinic. A federal jury made the award in a lawsuit filed over the 2018 tank failure …

Mass. Construction Company Owner Charged with Payroll, Workers’ Comp Fraud

The owner of a Revere, Massachusetts, construction company was sentenced on June 10, 2021, on charges of engaging in an under-the-table payroll fraud scheme that defrauded the government of more than $500,000 and insurance carriers of approximately $93,000. Ralph Caruso, …

Former Massachusetts Gym Teacher Accused of Rape Files Counterclaim

A former Massachusetts middle school gym teacher, accused in a lawsuit of raping a student years ago, has filed a counterclaim against the parents who sued him. John Blake, a former Duxbury Middle School teacher, in his counterclaim alleges that …